A/N: Sorry to all of my readers for the slower updates, but I am in college, so as finals approach, I have more that I need to do. Also, I have to make up about 10 weeks worth of Calculus homework that I didn't do the first time through. Anyways, it annoys me that I have to reiterate two points for about the fourth or fifth times because people just don't seem to get it, so here they are.
1. I have said it multiple times before and I will say it one last time. THIS IS NOT AN EVIL NARUTO FIC! Get it through your heads already those of you who keep asking that or labeling it as that. That means you person who put me on a C2 of Dark Naruto fics.
2. For all of you people who are still whining about how I should not condemn all fics of a genre because some of them can be good. I have said about 4-5 times now that any story type can be good as long as it has a good writer. However, most are bad, but when I rant, I say all because if I say most, then there is less impact. Also, all is a letter shorter then most (ok, I am not THAT lazy, but still.).
Any more people that write reviews like this are going to piss me off since I have mentioned these two points multiple times, so just drop it already. Now then, on with the chapter.
Shadow Fox
Sakura was a mixture of nervousness and gladness. She knew that this girl was strong, and that she had some sort of vendetta against her, so she was worried about her safety, as well as her place in the exams. However, at the same time, she was glad to be paired up against this girl as it give her a chance for revenge, not to mention that this girl held the answers to questions that she needed to have answered. As team seven had finished the last part of the exams, Sakura was able to recall the things that Kin had screamed at her and remembered that this girl might know something about Naruto. She did not tell Sasuke because she did not want to build his hopes up in case she was wrong; he was under enough stress thanks to that seal that the snake guy had put on him.
Meanwhile, across the stadium, Kin had a very devious looking smirk on her face, one that unnerved her teammates a bit. Fate was truly on her side, because not only did she get an easy pass into the next round, but she also gets to beat on the weak little bitch that hurt Naruto once again. Oh how she was going to enjoy this.
The two of them made their way down towards the ring where they both stood near the center, glaring at their opponent. It was then that Sakura spoke up.
"Listen, you know something that I want to know, so why don't we make a little bet. If I win this fight, then you tell me everything that you know about this person that you said I hurt."
Naruto flinched a bit from his spot up in the stands. He was really hoping that Sakura might have forgotten about that conversation, but apparently he had no such luck. He was fairly confident that Kin would win this battle, but he was still worried about what might happen in the slight chance that Kin loses.
Kin mentally slapped herself for having let her anger get the better of her earlier; this girl was just not going to give up about the matter. She only knew of one way to get the girl to drop it.
"Fine" Kin answered, "But if I win, then you have to drop this matter. Nom more questions about it."
"…Deal." Sakura agreed to the terms and the referee signaled for the match to start.
Sakura formed a hand seal and formed three regular bunshin. Each bunshin circled around Kin and launched an attack. Kin stood there, not moving an inch, as the first two bunshin passed harmlessly through her. She then suddenly grabbed her scythe and struck the real Sakura in the stomach with the handle of her scythe. Sakura jumped back as she held her stomach where the blow was dealt.
"How could you tell which one was the real me so easily?" Sakura inquired.
"Think about it, I am from the hidden sound village, bunshins are illusions and are not solid, thus they make no noise. It was obvious which one was you because you were the only one that made noise."
Sakura was a bit worried now; she only really had three techniques. Now the bunshin technique was useless, and she didn't think that henge would help her all that much, so she really didn't have much that she could do. She pulled out a kunai and dropped into a fighting stance. She knew that she was at a disadvantage fighting with a kunai while her opponent had a scythe, but she didn't have any offensive jutsu she could use, so this was the only choice she had.
Kin smirked as she raised her scythe above her head and started spinning it around while forming some hand seals. Sakura was at a complete loss as to what she was doing with her scythe. Kin suddenly brought the scythe downward and slammed the butt of her scythe into the ground. A small tremor surged through the ground and caught Sakura off guard, making it difficult for her to hold her ground and to focus. Kin capitalized on this opportunity as she charged forward and swung her scythe so that the handle of the scythe hit the back of Sakura's knee join, Lowering Sakura down to her knees. While Sakura was on her knees, Kin spun around with a round house kick, hitting Sakura in the side of the head and knocking her back a few feet.
Sakura struggled to her feet after the blow. She couldn't lose, she had to beat this girl so that she could find out what happened to Naruto so that she could find him and apologize to him. Then they could bring him back and they could be the original team seven once again. Sakura charged at Kin with a kunai in hand. Kin saw her coming and charged with her scythe. Once she was within range, she swung her scythe at the girl before Sakura got within range to use her kunai, this time using the blade so that she could end this match.
Naruto was getting a bit worried. He wanted Kin to win so that his secret would remain safe, but he didn't think that Kin would go this far. That attack with the blade of her scythe could kill Sakura.
Kin smirked as she felt her scythe imbed itself in the girl, only to have that smirk fade away as there was a puff of smoke and where Sakura once stood, there was a log. Yes, at the last possible moment before impact, Sakura had managed to use kawarimi to replace herself with one of the cut logs that the ninja seem to produce out of nowhere. Kin heard footsteps behind her and noticed that Sakura was running at her, preparing to strike. Kin began to spin around in circles and held out her scythe. Kin's scythe had its blade imbedded in the log that Sakura had replaced herself with, and when Sakura drew near, Kin released her scythe.
The scythe flew towards Sakura, who had not expected the scythe to be thrown. When she had seen Kin spinning, she had guessed that the girl planned to hit her when she got within range, so she kept charging forward. Now, it was too late to do anything as she saw the weapon approaching her. The log stuck on the blade hit Sakura in the head with a great deal of force, causing Sakura to stumble backwards as she began to lose consciousness.
'I am sorry lost Sasuke, Kakashi. Now I have lost my lead on Naruto…' and with that thought, Sakura fell unconscious.
"Winner, Tsuchi Kin." The referee announced.
Naruto gave a sigh of relief. Now his secret was safe, and Sakura was not killed by Kin. He congratulated his teammate as she returned to join her team in the stands. They all looked up to see who would be competing next.
Abumi Zaku V.S. Nara Shikamaru.
Zaku smirked as he walked down to the ring, while Shikamaru mumbled about this all being to troublesome as he mentioned the idea of just forfeiting the match. Verbally expressing that thought was not the best idea as an irate Ino, who had returned after having her minor injuries healed, was not happy about hearing her teammate mention giving up. If she had to go up against the Hyuuga prodigy, then he can manage going up against one of those sound ninja. After a great deal of shouting, and a comment from Shikamaru about Ino being a "nagging troublesome bitch," Shikamaru was thrown into the ring by a pissed of Ino.
The referee started the match, and Zaku wasted little time before he lifted his arms and shot a Zankuuha blast at Shikamaru. He laughed as he saw Shikamaru on the run.
"Just give up already, you don't stand a chance. I already saw your special jutsu in the Forest of Death. You surprised me then, but you won't do that again. I am used to training with a shadow user who is far more skilled then you, all that I have to do is stay away from the shadows and you'll never be able to trap me."
This caught the attention of a few people in the audience, particularly Nara Shikaku and the Sandaime Hokage. They both thought that the Nara clan was the only clan that could manipulate the shadows. Who was this boy that could also manipulate the shadows?
Shikamaru was running as he continuously had to dodge Zankuuha blasts. He muttered a few choice curses under his breath as he continued dodging. The Kagemane was his trump card, and he didn't know many other techniques. His opponent knew that if he stayed away from shadows, then he couldn't connect their shadows. He needed time to think of a strategy, he needed some cover. That was when he saw the statue in the arena. He ran over and took cover behind the stone statue as he brought his hand up to his chin and began to think of what he could do to force this guy into a shadow so that he could catch him with his Kagemane.
Zaku was worried that if he tried to go around the statue to get to his opponent, he might end up walking into a trap, so he decided that he would just try to blast his way through the statue. Either he would destroy it, or he would knock it over, taking away his opponents hiding spot and possibly catching him underneath. He started to launch blast after blast of Zankuuhas at the statue.
Shikamaru knew that the Statue wouldn't hold forever, and that he had to think of something quick. He surveyed his surroundings and noticed that some pieces of the statue were becoming loose. That was when an idea came to him. If that piece hanging there was hit just right…It was a long shot, but it was his only chance. If he had guessed the angles right, then this just might work.
Shikamaru then ran out from behind the statue as more Zankuuha blasts were thrown at him. He continued to dodge until he came back to the front of the statue and positioned himself for his plan to commence. Zaku took the bait and fired yet another Zankuuha blast at him. Shikamaru dodged the blast and watched as the piece of the stone statue was blasted up in the air, heading upwards and in the direction of Zaku. Zaku prepared to move out of the path of the incoming piece of the statue when suddenly he found that he couldn't move.
"What the hell!" Zaku yelled.
"When the statue piece went up in the air, it managed to momentarily block part of the sun from us, creating much more shadowed area on the arena floor. This is where it ends."
Shikamaru leaned forward a little bit, causing Zaku to move likewise, where the statue piece came down and hit him in the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Winner, Nara Shikamaru."
Naruto watched as the medic nin came out to check on his friend. He gave a small sigh at what had happened to his friend.
'He got overconfident and brash again. This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't made an all out attack on that statue.'
Naruto glanced up at the score board again. There were now fewer contestants left, and a good chance that his match will be called now.
Hyuuga Hinata V.S. Hokaido Hokuro
'Interesting' thought Naruto 'Now I get to see what my replacement is really capable of.'
He watched as the shy Hyuuga girl made her way down to the ring, but no one was sure of where Hokuro was. Then suddenly, there was a large burst of smoke in the center of the ring. As the smoke cleared, a figure could be seen in the center. The figure just happened to be Hokuro, his legs spread out in a fighting stance with one arm forward, beckoning her to make a move while the other arm was held up slightly behind his head, his arm curved and pointing towards her, making the whole pose rather ridiculous looking.
"There is no chance of escape from this battle, surrender now or be forced to do battle with the mysterious black beast of Konoha!"
Most of the people in the stands could be seen with a sweat drop forming on the back of their heads, some could even be seen face faulting. Two others were having a rather different reaction.
"YOSH! Gai-sensei, the flames of youth burn brightly in this ninja, he is full of youthful passion!"
"Yes my dear student Lee, his flames of youth are most impressive, the flames of youth burn almost as brightly in him as they do us!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
Kakashi could be seen in the stands with his hand against his forehead, shaking his head from left to right.
'I thought that they gave me a normal student, but instead he turns out to be a Gai-wannabe. Just what I need, a student with the "Flames of Youth."'
"Umm…Ano, but this is a tournament battle in an arena, there was never an option f running away to begin with." The timid voice of Hyuuga Hinata rang out through the silence of the arena.
"Nooooo, my fear inducing pose did not work." Hokuro cried, obviously deflating that his strategy to scare his opponent had failed,"What did I do wrong? When that other guy did it, my teammates couldn't react they were so afraid. Do I have to have those bushy eyebrows for it to work right?" He had missed that fact that his teammates were not frozen out of fear, but that they frozen in shock at the strange man.
"NO!" The voice of Kakashi rang out through the arena, "That won't be necessary."
Hokuro turned his attention back towards Hinata and the referee started the match. Hinata activated her Byakugan and charged forward, trying to land Jyuken strikes by lightly tapping his tenketsu, hoping not to hurt him too badly. Hokuro was dodging her blows, wondering why she was not putting any force behind those strikes of hers.
"THAT'S IT!" Hokuro yelled, surprising Hinata so that she jumped back, away from Hokuro.
"Umm…What is it?" Hinata asked.
"Ha, I have figure out your plan, you are not going to fool me!"
"You have?" Hinata asked, slightly deflating that her opponent had figured out what she was doing.
"You can't fool me, you were trying to fake me out with those weak strikes so that I would move behind you, and then you planned to attack me with your hair spike!"
The audience face faulted at the oblivious genin. Many in the stands understood what the goal of the Jyuken fighting style was, and couldn't help but face fault over the completely wrong assessment of this genin.
Kiba was rolling on the ground, holding his sides in laughter over the thought of Hinata attacking him with the back of her hair. He continued to laugh until he was hit by his teacher Kurenai, who noticed Hinata's embarrassment in the middle of the arena at hearing someone laugh at her hair.
"Umm, that's not what I am doing." Hinata said with her head hung down.
"Don't try to fool me, why else would you have your hair spike in the back, unless for some hair-spike jutsu."
The people in the audience were beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with this genin. His assessment of situations really needed work.
Hinata got over this whole situation and charge once more, continuing with her gentle version of the gentle fist. Hokuro, still thinking that this was her trying to fool him with weak blows decided to take the attacks in the hopes of making an opening. He didn't want to get hit by that hair spike. After delivering some of the gentle blows which Hokuro made no attempt to dodge, Hinata jumped back and spoke.
"I have sealed some of your tenketsu, it will be very difficult for you to use chakra now, please give up."
Hokuro made some hand seals to test if this was true, and sure enough, he was having great difficulty using his chakra, making jutsu almost impossible. Hokuro then quickly ran right in front of Hinata, startling the Hyuuga heiress. He then pulled his head back and delivered a vicious headbutt to her head. Both of them stumbled back a bit before they both fell to the ground unconscious.
The referee sweat dropped as he spoke "Ummm…this fight is a draw."
Everyone just kind of stared after having witnessed such a strange fight, unsure what to really think. They looked up to see who would be involved in the next match.
Dosu Kinuta V.S. Inuzuka Kiba.
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A/N: that's it for now; I want to hold off a bit on Naruto's fight so I can figure out some scenes for a good fight. I had some ideas for these fights, but it was a bit difficult coming up with some things. Sakura's fighting was a pain because…well…she only knows three moves. However, for a while I have wanted to have the Hokuro/Hinata fight. Please review now so that I can become the highest reviewed Naru/Kin story on the site, only about 85 away, so a few more chapters should do it. Anyway, on to some reviews.
To the unregistered reviewer Dragonmaster, Yes, I am not very descriptive, it is just the way I am. I just really don't care to describe his clothes. I am a male nerd, fashion is not my thing. Really, all that was needed to know was that he wears black to blend with the shadows, and he has a mask, it is as simple as that.
To the unregistered reviewer hewhowatches…WHAT THE HELL KIND OF MORON ARE YOU! My profile is not a lie, I really am a male. The added limb between my legs assures me of that. I don't know why you are so convinced that I am this girl you know and that my whole profile must obviously be a lie to cover that fact up, but I am not the girl you know. Go ahead and ask her yourself if she is the one who wrote this, or if I am her. Go ahead and make an idiot out of yourself…moron.
I don't have any other reviews that I feel like commenting on right now.
There is no rant this chapter because I just don't feel like writing one right now. I am running low on topics I choose to rant about, and my rants are getting a bit whiney, so there is only going to be one more rant, and it will be a mock story about overpowered Naruto fics. I don't really have anything against them since a lot of times that is what I read, but I have a few things to put in the mock story.
Anyways, until next time.